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...hundred potent citizens of Milan-bankers, industrialists and men of science -sat down to luncheon, with a U. S. guest of honor who piqued their curiosity. He was, they understood, a financier whose unusual hobby is to acquire control of clean, smart, pedigreed industries. At present Mr. Aldred and his associates are the bankers for the firms which produce razors stamped "Gillette," silverware with the venerable Manhattan hall mark "Gorham," and U.S.-made motor cars bearing the nameplate "Rolls-Royce." Clearly this guest, this Signor John E. Aldred, was worthy of Italian observation. Especially so, because today the Manhattan financial...
...sense the projects envisioned before the luncheon in Milan, last week, interested observers turned to a report on the Italian hydro-electric industry which was issued recently by Signor Giacinto Motta, managing director of the great firm which produces 30% of the electricity used by Italians, namely the Edison General Italian Electric Co. of Milan. Brisk and explicit, Signor Motta keynotes thus...
...anniversary of the morning of the day as one of the greatest humiliations and losses of my life. I lost my watch to day. We first went down the lake. Then to Milan in the cars. At Milan we did all we could to recover my watch but it was useless...
...politicians learned last week how closely their activities are watched by the Corriere Delia Sera, outstanding newspaper of Milan, Italy. The Corriere Delia Sera reported in effect as follows: ". . . The delegates of the Peasants' Federation assembled in Chicago have proclaimed General Pershing as candidate for President of the United States* The American Legion has announced that it would lend all its support to the candidacy of the former chief of the American army. It is possible that the Republican party in its desire to avoid an internal conflict in the country will put up as its candidate Mr. Smith...
Last week the answer came from the other side of the Adriatic. In Rome, Naples, Padua; in Florence, Milan, Turin; in Bologna, Venice, Trieste and in many another city "Down with France!" and "Down with Jugoslavia!" resounded. In Rome 2,000 citizens of profound Fascist faith assembled at the tomb of the Unknown Soldier and swore blind devotion to any command of their cherished leader, Prime Minister Benito Mussolini...